Quotable

"I am very sorry for this. And the best way to express apologies is to protect the environment."

Su Zhongjie, director of the environment protection department in Cangnan county, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, Su apologized to the policeman who was hospitalized for pneumonia after saving a teenager's life from a polluted river. Su said he will visit the policeman and that the polluted area is being cleaned up.